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  2. Shakers - Wikipedia

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    Shakers did, in fact, worship on Holy Mount in the Appalachians. Laboring Songs, a piece composed by Dan Welcher in 1997 for large wind ensemble, is based upon traditional shaker tunes including "Turn to the Right" and "Come Life, Shaker Life". [67]

  3. Chronology of Shakers - Wikipedia

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    The chronology of Shakers is a list of important events pertaining to the history of the Shakers, a denomination of Christianity. Millenarians who believe that their founder, Ann Lee, experienced the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the Shakers practice celibacy, confession of sin, communalism, ecstatic worship, pacifism, and egalitarianism.

  4. Shaker communities - Wikipedia

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    The first villages organized in Upstate New York and the New England states, and, through Shaker missionary efforts, Shaker communities appeared in the Midwestern states. Communities of Shakers were governed by area bishoprics and within the communities individuals were grouped into "family" units and worked together to manage daily activities.

  5. Shakers once attempted to build a community in Windsor: What ...

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    One man's attempt to build a Shaker community in Windsor stretched over 400 acres of land and included several successful businesses.

  6. Joseph Brackett - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Brackett Jr. (May 6, 1797 – July 4, 1882) was an American songwriter, author, and elder of The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, better known as the Shakers.

  7. Category:Shakers - Wikipedia

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    The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, known as the Shakers, was a religious sect founded in the 18th century in England, having branched off from a Quaker community. They were known as "Shaking Quakers" because of their ecstatic behavior during worship services.

  8. Shaker furniture - Wikipedia

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    Furniture built and used by the New Lebanon "believers" is exhibited in the Shaker Retiring Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which originated from the North Family Shakers' 1818 First Dwelling House. The furniture, acquired in the 1970s, and Shaker textiles are considered among the finest Shaker collections in the world. [1]

  9. Why Game Shakers' Cree Cicchino is Nickelodeon's rising star

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    After only a few months in acting classes, Cicchino got the opportunity of a lifetime -- she tried out for Nickelodeon's show "Game Shakers" and got a part in the pilot.